substitutes for native workers, we expect that the impact of immigration will be largest immediately upon the immigrants’ arrival … substitutes for natives because of their lack of local human capital, the initial effect of immigration is small, and the effect …, we do not find any effect of immigration on employment, neither in the short nor in the long run. …

This study examines the behavior of Swiss house prices to immigration flows for 85 districts from 2001 to 2006. The … results show that the nexus between immigration and house prices holds even in an environment of low house price inflation and … modest immigration flows. An immigration inflow equal to 1% of an area’s population is coincident with an increase in prices …

immigration from a theoretical and empirical point of view. Our analysis supports the role played by economic channels (labour … and the very low fractions of voters favouring immigration are consistent with the median voter framework. At the same … time, given the extent of individual-level opposition to immigration that appears in the data, it is somewhat puzzling, in …

The selection of immigrants by skill and education is a central issue in the analysis of immigration. Since highly … what determines the skill-selectivity of immigration. In this paper we examine the proportions of highly educated among …

The selection of immigrants by skill and education is a central issue in the analysis of immigration. Since highly … what determines the skill-selectivity of immigration. In this paper we examine the proportions of highly educated among …

In this paper we document a strong positive correlation of immigration flows with changes in average wages and average … compatible with a causal interpretation from immigration to wages and rents of natives. Separating the effects of immigrants on … useful tool to evaluate the impacts of alternative immigration scenarios on U.S. wages and rents. …

), two-sector trade model to analyse the determinants of voter attitudes towards immigration under direct democracy and … stiffening attitudes towards low-skill capital-poor immigration. If the import-competing sector is intensive in the use of low … sector leads nationals to oppose immigration of capital-poor low-skill households. An increase in income inequality is also …

Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. The paper …, we estimate that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives' employment rates -- and that … immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives' total income but not on employment rates. Our results are consistent …